That dadgumed short SD-10

[Jeff Tanner]

Sorry, I'm a day behind on this thread.  I took the day off to go up and
walk the greens at the Wachovia Championship in Charlotte yesterday.  Nice
day off.

Yeah, Greg, I was just thinking the same thing.  I myself, like to sit
high, but we've got one prof who brings some sort of chair from home.  It
feels like sitting on the floor.  Most of our instructors sit lower than I
prefer, but I can't even see the pins sitting in his chair, and I'm 6 feet
tall (I don't think he's any taller than I, if as tall).

I can't for the life of me believe that a pianist could develop any sort of
control from that position (where the elbow is lower than the keyboard),
and I've got to believe it is rough on the carpal tunnel at best!
Jeff

>    Man, you guys must live in a different  world!  I have exactly
>the opposite problem here.  We had a  piano instructor here a couple years
>ago who was so long-waisted that he could  never find a keyboard that was
>high enough or a bench low enough.  He made  us put one of the recital D's
>up on blocks (the instrument is already on a  truck) for a performance so
>he would be comfortable.  He was a great player  and a decent instructor,
>but insisted that many students sat too high and that  their tone improved
>when they sat much lower.  He has since taken a  job at a sister campus in
>Chico, but his legacy is a bunch of students,  including a staff
>accompanist, who crowd every practice room and make every  studio an
>obstacle course of extra non-piano chairs swiped from other areas  of the
>building so they can sit nice and low.  If an artist bench  doesn't adjust
>down to 16 and 1/2 or 17 inches they cast it aside.  I can't  wait for
>this fad to disappear-- it's making me crazy.   Greg   Greg Granoff   RPT
>Humboldt State  University   ----- Original Message -----